The Art of Making Fire-Works.

Name:

Cruikshank, George (1792-1878); Bailey, printer John

Date:

[between 1815 and 1817]

Identifier:

662.1 AN43 FRONT

Subject:

Laboratories

Form/Genre:

Wood Engravings

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

For identification of Cruikshank as artist, see Brown Univ. RLIN record for 5th edition (1822): "Includes folded wood-engraved frontispiece by George Cruikshank, depicting various firework devices around a scene of boys hanging Guy Fawkes in effigy (the scene is hand-colored in Brown Univ. copy)." John Bailey at 116 Chancery Lane, 1815-1817 (P.A.H. Brown, *London Publishers and Printers c.1800-1870*);; Fireworks; hand-colored scene depicts a hanging in effigy of Guy Fawkes. Figure 1: "Rocket mould"; figure 2: "Rocket complete"; figures 3,4: "Tourbillons"; figure 5: "Wheel"; figure 6: "Balloon case," "Mortar"; figure 7, "Large gerbe"; figure 8: "Gerbe complete"; figure 9: "Crackers"; figure 10: "Squibs, or serpents"; figure 11: "Pin wheels"; figure 12: "Horizontal wheel"; figure 13: [mine or fire fountain].; Print

Collection:

Edgar Fahs Smith Image Collection (University of Pennsylvania)